This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet - - Vox
This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet - - Vox
Media smugglers get Taylor Swift, Game of Thrones, and the New York Times to Cubans every week through an illegal network of runners. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In Cuba there is barely any internet. Anything but the state-run TV channels is prohibited. Publications are limited...
El Paquete Semanal (The Weekly Package) is something I've been interested in for a while and what got me into reading about other forms of sneakernet'ing. Figured I'd share this video in case someone hasn't heard about it before
- I used Invidious as a frontend because it's open source, limits trackers, and doesn't have ADs
So you're telling me there's this Cuban institution where ordinary people co-operate to maintain a commons independently of the state, enjoy and retain locally stored data, and provide an affordable, accountable service to people? Pretty based to me. I hope it survives the obsolescence threat posed by better web access.
It's a pretty old video, I wonder if El paquete is still a thing.
There's a Linus Tech Tips video that talks about it and they mention how it's been cut back due to the availability of the Internet increasing